Ribbons

The grandmothers culture in China is very different from ours in America. They had different beliefs, they believed that by making their feet smaller by binding them would make the woman more beautiful and desirable. They would have to put up with this pain for their whole life just so other people would find them beautiful. In our culture we have other ways people change their appearance, but not something that big. We have things that can change your face and everything about your body by getting surgeries. Some girls don't feel that they are skinny enough, so in their mind in order to be pretty they had to be as skinny as possible. Even when they are almost just skin and bones they still starve themselves so they will feel better about themselves.

No matter what it is a bad thing because we shouldn’t have to change things about ourselves to make other people or ourselves think we are better than we are. We should be comfortable in our own body, not dislike it so much you feel the need to fix or change it. We all have insecurities but we need to accept ourselves for who we are. Everyone is beautiful, not everyone can see it in themselves but it’s always there. The significance of the title “Ribbons” reflects over the whole story on how for one person it relates to something they love in their life, but for someone else it relates to a tragedy in their life that they can’t let go of because it will stay with them forever.